LandCruiserPhil
Expedition Leader
Still available?
Wow very nice 80! What's next??
That is such a cool rig, everything on it is so practical and well thought out, and I love the color!
Nothing major planned, we have another 80 and will just do American SW trips and Mexico for the foreseeable future. Eventually we will fly-n-buy something in Australia or build a Sprinter for Europe.
Bump for an amazingly beautiful vehicle!
I am intrigued by how you can get the permanent plates from Montana. I live in Ca, and would love a rig like this - but the registering it would be a beast. Do you have a specific reference for where I would find information on how to get this legal in CA?
There is a chance that you can register this thing in California! Any vehicle from 1997 and before with a diesel engine from 1997 or before is exempt from smog inspections. Just registered my 1991 VW Vanagon with a 1997 Passat TDi motor. Just let them know that you're bringing a vehicle in from out of state, and let them know that it's a diesel. You have to go through a visual inspection at the DMV, but that's mostly to ensure that you have VIN# tags - you will not be referred to a smog station (in my case they didn't even look in the engine compartment!). Or, alternatively the MT perm. plate is another route to go.